The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old housekeeper, Tanko Abdulateef, who allegedly stabbed his employer, Mrs. Mabel Okafor, to death in Ajah, VGC area Lagos.
DAILY POST recalls that the suspect fled the scene of the incident after Mrs. Okafor was stabbed in her apartment and stole some of her valuables including her phones which aroused police suspicion that he was behind the murder.
The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, had detailed a decoy team of the Rapid Response Squad in charge of tracking to get on the case to weed out the killer.
According to a correspondent of police, the suspect was tracked to a hideout in the Bali area of Taraba State where he was arrested.
He said, “The suspect allegedly ripped the victim’s stomach open. He also took away valuable items from the house, including three mobile phones, a trinket and a lot of clothes. All the items were recovered from him after his arrest.
“On the day of the incident, policemen went to the house and discovered that the place had been ransacked and a lot of property had disappeared.
“The housekeeper was also nowhere to be found.
“The deceased was moved to the mortuary and the policemen from the Ajah division investigated the matter and it was later transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba.
“The suspect was arrested in Taraba State two weeks after he fled.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspect would be charged to court after the conclusion of investigation.
She said, “After about three days in Bali, operatives were able to recover some of the phones stolen from the victim before eventually arresting the suspect where he was hiding.
“There is no escape route for criminals in Lagos State, any crime committed in Lagos will be unravelled.”
“The suspect has been handed over to the SCIID for further investigation, before being charged to court,” Badmos added.
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